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Vitali Klitschko
(the "Iron Fist")

BORN July 19 1971; Belovodsk, Kyrgyzstan (Some sources report Kiev, Ukraine; Fought out of Hamburg, Germany)
HEIGHT 6-7 1/2
WEIGHT 232 1/2-250 lbs
MANAGERS Klaus Peter Kohl, Vitali Klitschko
TRAINER Fritz Sdunek

 

 

Klitschko, like his younger brother, is a physical specimen; He is an extremely powerful hitter and has a terrific chin; His boxing style is somewhat awkward but his stamina is very good; During his career, he won the WBC Heavyweight Championship of the World, WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World, Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship and the EBU Heavyweight Championship of Europe

Vitali defeated such men as Corrie Sanders, Herbie Hide, Kirk Johnson, Larry Donald, Vaughn Bean, Orlin Norris and Obed Sullivan

 
1996
Nov 16 Tony Bradham               Hamburg, Ger                       KO  2
Nov 30 Frantisek Sumina           Wiener Neustadt, Aus               TK  1
          -Some sources report "KO 2"
Dec 21 Brian Lee Sargent          Frankfurt, Ger                     TK  2

1997 
Jan 25 Mike Acklie                Stuttgart, Ger                     KO  1
Feb 22 Troy Roberts               Hamburg, Ger                       TK  2
Mar  8 Calvin Jones               Cologne, Ger                       KO  1
Apr 12 Derrick Roddy              Aachen, Ger                        TK  2
May 10 Cleveland Woods            Frankfurt, Ger                     KO  2
Jun 14 Jim Haynes                 Aachen, Ger                        TK  2
Oct  4 Will Hinton                Hannover, Ger                      KO  2
Nov  8 Gilberto Williamson        Frankfurt, Ger                     KO  6
Nov 29 Herman Delgado             Karlsruhe, Ger                     TK  3
Dec 20 Anthony Willis             Offenburg, Ger                     TK  5

1998 
Jan 17 Marcus Rode                Berlin, Ger                        TK  2
Jan 30 Alben Belinski             Munich, Ger                        KO  2
Mar  7 Louis Monaco               Cologne, Ger                       KO  3
Mar 20 Levi Billups               Frankfurt, Ger                     KO  2
Apr 18 Julius Francis             Aachen, Ger                        TK  2
May  2 Dick Ryan                  Lubeck, Ger                        TK  5
          -WBO Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship
Jun  5 Jose Nino Ribalta          Hamburg, Ger                       TK  2
Aug 11 Ricardo Kennedy            Miami, Fl                          TK  1
Oct 24 Mario Schiesser            Hamburg, Ger                       TK  2
          -EBU Heavyweight Championship of Europe
Dec  5 Francesco Spinelli         Kiev, Ukraine                      TK  1
          -EBU Heavyweight Championship of Europe

1999 
Feb 20 Ismael Youla               Hamburg, Ger                       TK  2
          -EBU Heavyweight Championship of Europe
Jun 26 Herbie Hide                London, Eng                        KO  2
          -WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World
Oct  9 Ed Mahone                  Oberhausen, Ger                    TK  3
          -WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World
Dec 11 Obed Sullivan              Hamburg, Ger                       TK  9
          -WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World

2000 
Apr  1 Chris Byrd                 Berlin, Ger                        LT  9
          -WBO Heavyweight Championship of the World;
           Some sources report "LT 10"
Nov 25 Timo Hoffmann              Hannover, Ger                       W 12
          -EBU Heavyweight Championship of Europe

2001 
Jan 27 Orlin Norris               Munich, Ger                        KO  1
          -WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship 
Dec  8 Ross Purity                Oberhausen, Ger                    TK 11
          -WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship 

2002 
Feb  8 Vaughn Bean                Braunschweig, Ger                  TK 11
          -WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship;
           Some sources report 2/01/02
Nov 23 Larry Donald               Dortmund, Ger                      TK 10 
          -WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight Championship 

2003
Jun 21 Lennox Lewis               Los Angeles, Ca                    LT  6
          -WBC Heavyweight Championship of the World;
           IBO Heavyweight Championship of the World
Dec  6 Kirk Johnson               New York, NY                       TK  2

2004
Apr 24 Corrie Sanders             Los Angeles, Ca                    TK  8
          -WBC Heavyweight Championship of the World
Dec 11 Danny Williams             Las Vegas, Nv                      TK  8
          -WBC Heavyweight Championship of the World

2005
Nov  9 -Klitschko announced his retirement from the ring
          (after undergoing knee surgery)

2007
Jun  2 Oleg Maskaev               Moscow, Russia                    SCH   
          -WBC Heavyweight Championship of the World;
           This bout is scheduled;
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 
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